New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-07-17
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pared any moro surprises for mo-
For your . s,-
WAS not the surpriso-quits pleasuraele sur
pr,se-of seeing you emerge from behind inc cur
fans was it not intended for met Al, pardon me,
perhaps it was intended for the red nsl'0u 'ou"s
man. ar r,.,. oorrta.v
should be quite 50 threadbsre as to permit Nun 70
ask such question: she replied lcliy. -,,h. n
There is one question when nave h .. -
ask and to which demand an answer. no ealo
holly dropping his mask OF politeness anu giarins
=. T. vas not aware that you had any claims on
my conversation,
where is Sarahf
She raised her blue eyes innocently, ln1quninRy'
This excitement Is very extraordinary, -,.h =,
Answer me- he said savagely. "iSn W
know where Sarah is .pu u.
She laughed contemptuously. Really, Mr..
emayne You are quite ca nn You sae
ed demands on Sarahs presence, you s9Uqiu ueaGn
her the little sentence. 'Wh'sle' and III come 70
thee, my lad.'' ,,s a..
room CHANGING suspicOusly In ell the corners, wnle
she laughed light hooking laugh.
Il believe they are In the conservatory ne salo
WHO do you mean by "they"r she asked trying
to speak Indifferently, but unable to banlsn al,
trace of uneasi1ess from her voice me rs
ply unlocked the door which opened into lne CON
servatory. 1t was long conservatory, whlch ran
the whole breadth Of the house ana wnif h cpu'u
entered either from drawlng-room or library. AS
h. opened the door the sound OF voices could DC aus
tinctly heard. Oliver started. and Oman grew
INV darling why do you give another thought
Bnt Clan lie. he is not quitea brute Only; only.
am so afraid Of him and or Aunt vera Ano nave
learnt to dislike him so much since we were en-
gaged.' ,r,r-.o,f
T T vas burst of sobs Il don't know how TO
tell YOU DO you think that ! ought to tell you
Not If Won would rather not Still, think II
you told me all that should be better able 10 hSh'
our battles
And You won't be very augryP
mo-
Nor very shockedr
Certainly not ,,
Because did such drcadfulthng hardly
dare to comics 1t to you.
He moved uneasy. 1t shall be as you wi'h'
Yes will tell YOU. / shall be far happier when
have told You everything, even though you may
be very shocked. You know. Claude. ALWAYS felt
that ought 70 have confessed it to Mr. Tremayne,
bur really really | could not tell him,
Never mind about him. You will have nothing
WELL this was what | did. Aunt Vera SAYS it
was dreadful thing. You must know that can
initiate cats snarlIng ut each other 80 wei that
can deceive even themselves | have often conc ~
and uscd 10 he so proud of my accomplishments
Well one night last te5fer. whenwe were IN town,
Aunt Vera had big dinner party. about two dozen
ic.Eft 4
Rut an yhow about o o'clock was sitting ont on
the drawing -room balcony, before all the people
came upstairs. 1t was such n hot night, and was
amusing myself by eating ice-pudding ana snariihg
ar n cat in the Square At last l grew so excited;
That cat aud had quite long con versation, anu
presently two other cats came up and TOOK part IN
IL Then II stole back INTO the drawing-rooin aud
GOT n little Jug of water, and went on talking 10
the cats-tbat is snarling at them ana Ihen sun
denly | wanted 70 as,onish them, ana nung tne
water down upon them-and-and-oh Claude
can't tell Won! -and-Lord Freddy Tam0our was
lust coming UP the steps at that moment and-the
water went all over him.
Is that all = Clande's great roars OF laughter
rang through the conservatory. You poor little
darlIng Is this the dreadful piece OF wickedness
which you hardly dared to confess
But Aunt Vera said that she conld not
speak severely enough about IL. She said
that she was quite snre that all tne
other people in the quaro would have seen IT,
And you can't nk how those three cats screeched!
DON'T stopl Stop! sally. you're killing me!
But. Claude why do you laugh Lord Freddy
did not laugh
i should think not
Aud he said such dreadful word. just one
Il dare saw
oh! but, Claude. It was such bad word. Aunt
Vera made me tell her what it was. and she said
that was never to say 1t again. Che looked quite
rel w1en told her.
Sally, Sally, you little witch! So this was the
objectionable iniquity which was about to force
YOU INT unwelcome marriage ,
There will be no need for any compusion. salh
Mr. 1remayne sternly, stepping forward. while
Claude rose and Sally chung 10 his arm. am
quite willing, more than willing. to release Miss
Bethune from any promise which she has made TO
me-
i nm so sorry,' she sobbed. burying her face on
Claudes shoulder
Oliver looked sharply at her from under his thick
eyebrows. Possibly her fororn altitude reused
his compassion. for he added IN kinder tone:
see no that II will be for your happiness II
we part IL has been misiake-a great mistake.
Fortunately il Is not roo late TO remedy IL. He
paused "A moment. while she muttercd something
iucoherent, Good bye he said slowly, good
bye ! will learn 10 forgive you-Sally. He took
her hand between his. aud pressed IT gently, then
released IT, turned, aud walked back firmly to the
drawlng-ronm.
Dnora drew aside. great feeling of compunc-
ton and OF respect for HIM filled her heart But
she AID not know what to say. aud therefore stood
IN silence. while he walked past her. as II unaware
OF her presence.
After all-how he loves her = she said half
aloud. as the door closed behind him. Sande en-
tered from the library.
MIR. remaync ~ leaving u.s., she SAID. i am
very sorry for him.
The lirtle red-naired man grew grave. Ayr he
said. Miss Dnora. women sometimes forget that
they can deaf sharp stab
hope that shall never cause such pain 10 any
one she said dreamily, looking into the glowing
Goals as If her future were depicted there
1 am wi ling TO take the risk' he said gently.
taking her hand In his.
And she did not withdraw IL,
Dear! Dear! Dearl cried Lady Vera next
day, when both cuiprits had made full confession
How iresomc These are the results of my rheu-
ma.ismP
Sally laughed. / think they are very nice re-
suits. she said.
And in time Lady Vera learnt TO agree with her.
-IGERTKpDE kosALiE HENDERSON, IN BegravIa.
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